49 former Alabama players heading to NFL training camps

Over the next eight days, the 32 NFL teams will start their training camp practices with 90 players apiece, working through the preseason to reduce their rosters to 53 men for the start of the regular season. Forty-nine players who once toiled for the Alabama Crimson Tide are headed to NFL training camps - almost a complete team.

Alabama players on current NFL rosters could nearly field a squad, too. There's even a long snapper -- but no place-kicker to snap for. There's also a hole at tight end now that Brad Smelley is listed as a fullback by the Houston Texans. Maybe Michael Williams, a tight end for the Tide but an offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, could shift back. The wide receivers - Julio Jones and Kevin Norwood - would get mighty tired with no backups, but defensive depth would not be a problem.

The Buffalo Bills will become the first NFL team to hold a training camp practice in preparation for the 2014 season on Sunday. The Bills have put one of their Alabama players, Dareus, on the active/non-football injury list, which will prevent him from practicing until he's removed from that list.

The Cincinnati Bengals are taking the most former Alabama players to training camp with four.

Each NFL team, with the date of its first training camp practice and its Alabama players: